Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-07-13
TllE BRO0IxLYN STRIaE.
s General Tie-Vp Ethciy 20 be Or
dc-cd-Thc Status Yesterday.

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NV York, July l2.-The Brooklyn
elevated road this morning is running
only four trains, the engines Of whicn
are manned 10y men who formerly
switched trains On the East New York
end. The strikers state that they have
demanded that a day 8 work be reduced
from nine hours and fifty minutes t.
nine hours AID the pay Of fremcn be
increased from $l.75 to - per day. A
member OF District Assembly Is says
that The employees of the car lines in
that assembly were notified 10
he IN read ness TO tic-up at any
moment They offered years
anCcmtnt. made with the company as
an objection, and it was takenas a valid
one but this morning the companies
broke the agreement by posting new
timetables. on which the number Of
"hippers is greatly increased, and
the men CONSIDER themselves no longer
bound 10y if, and a general tie-up may
he ordered. Tie strikers held an en-
thusiastic meeting this morning at the
knights OF Pythids Hall, Atlantic
avenue, Brooklyn. They determined
to stay out and make no further over
lures TO the company Chairman
Wright, Of the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
committee, sent the following telegram
in the course OF the morning
~ Woryy UoYcs, Fjrst Cr0Rd Is
ti<fQat Ea0jHccr, HOom ), Bi1ob-
F>nc BUiiu2g, SWcc4 SIR. =,
C,c IWd, y. D.:
"Ihc engineers and fremen are all
out Int two hosilcIs and two switch
mon running. Success certain
A committee Of five was appoint I'd
To wait on Mayor Whitney. Of Brook
lyn. foil,r-!uspector Powers AM the
police commissioners and notify taen
Of TIE incompetent men employed ,
asking that some steps be taken f.
lCmcdy the evil The committee r.
rmtod when they returned that those
gentlemen had 10 authority to inter
icIe
Srccchcs were made st the meeting
bv Dan Cooncy, $. Q. Dimmick, and
"Old Reliable" Watson, of the Loco
motive Brotherhood, urging the men to
stand firm.
II is reported that an engine on the
al 90 road was stoned last night. The
AmtGs expressed deep regret They
say they have no sympathy whatever
with acts OF violence, and that theiy
men will take no part therein.
During the day the company has
been making strenuous efforts to secure
men to take the strikers places. At
noon seven engines were running. ont
| the persuasion Of the strikers had re-
! ducod this number 10 three at > o'clock.
/ The officers of the company learned
that the strikers were riding on the en-
ginCs and trying to induce the new en-
giuccrs to strike. They accordingly
requested the police to interfere. st
each station one policeman WAS on duty
hut there were no outbreaks. The
strikers were in session at East New
York all day. As iastas ncwmen were
induced 10 strike the announcement OF
the fact was made at the meeting and
Wa greeted with cheers.
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If ] locomotive tircmen and Engineers
adGr -sod "a card to the public IN
which they warn the public against the
| incomuotyncy of scab engineers, AMI
also disclaim responsibility for any
trouble or obstruction on the road
No trains were ran after lG:jo t.
nicht. hut the officers Of the road say
they have already had forty applicants
for the striking engineers places. The
applicants viii be examined by the
master mechanic to morrow, aud il
they prove competent they will be i'm
modiatcly put to work The manage
ment say they are satisfied with the
situation. 1t the continued session OF
the strikers tonight the same icclna
was expressed by the eX-cmploy>s OF
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